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Carme Chacón, Spain’s first female defense minister, reviewing Spanish troops in 2008 while she was pregnant.
Bernat Armangue/Associated Press; thumbnail, Javier Lizon/European Press Agency, 2011
Carme Chacón
Died on April 9, 2017 at age 46
Ms. Chacón was Spain’s first female defense minister and a leading Socialist politician who was talked about as one day becoming Spain’s first female prime minister.
Notable Deaths 2017
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